Combined whip, rein, and lap-robe lock for vehicles.



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APPLICATION FILED 113.28, 1913.

Patented. N 0V. 25, 1913.

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COMBINED WHIP, REIN, AND LAP ROBE LOCK FOR VEHICLES.

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OTTO W. WILDE, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

COMBINED WHIP, REIN, AND LAP-ROBELOCK FOR VJill-110111515.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 25, 1913.

Application filed February 28, 1913. Serial No. 751,345. z i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO W. WILBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined `Whip, Rein,and LapRobe Locks for Vehicles; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the nvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to carriages and wagons, and more especially towhip sockets such as are provided with a lock; and the object of thesame is to produce a combined whip, rein, and lap robe lock possessingcertain charactertistic features of improvement over my former patentsnumbered 877 ,623 issued January 28, 1908, and 944,530 issued December28, 1909. These objects are accomplished by carrying out the inventionin the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shownin the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation of this device, viewedfrom the inside of the buggy with part of its dashboard broken away; andFig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, while Fig. 3 isa cross section on the line 3-3 thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective detailof the whip socket removed from the casing; Fig. 5 is a plan view of thecasing and a cross section of that portion of the dashboard to which thecasing is attached. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the device justin rear of the dashboard, showing the parts within the casing standingin the position they as.- sume when all elements are locked in place;and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the casing and the lower end of thelocking device, showing the parts in full lines in the position theyassume after they have been moved to free the whip-lock, and in dottedlines in the position they assume after they have been moved to free thelocking devices for the robe and the reins. Fig. 8 is a cross section onthe line 8-8 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of the lockingdevice detached.

The base member 1 comprises top and bottom horizontal bars 2 and 3connected by U-shaped clips or brackets 4 which may have hooks 5 forengaging the dashboard of Vboard or to t-he wagonboX in any suitablemanner, and anintermediateclip or bracket 6 carrying a spring 7 asshown. The robe lock consists `of a bar 8 pivoted at 9 in one end of thebase and having upright pins 10 through its body adapted to engage therobe when the latter -isv folded around this bar and the whole pressedbackwardagainst the tension of the spring 7. The` rein holder is anotherupright pin 11l near the free end of said bar 8 and over which the reinsare led when they are to be locked in this device, although ordinarilythis may not be necessary. The free end of the bar 8 has a` foot piece12 by meansv of which it may be pressed to the rear against the tensionof its spring 7, and opposite said foot piece it has an eye 13 adaptedto pass between eyes 14 in a guide 15 carried by the corresponding endof the base 1 when said bar 8 is pressed thereinto; so that the lockingbolt may descend through the alined eyes to hold this bar in place.Upstanding from the base at a point adjacent the guide 15 is an ear 16to which is secured the tubular casing 17 which carries the whipj socketand lock and whose details of construction form the subject matter ofthe present improvement. This casing may have a collar 18 at'its upperend containing a soft flange 19 through which the butt of the whip maybe passed, and' by preference this end has a stud 20 with a screw 21projecting therefrom to receive washers 22 and 23 which may standinsideand outside of the dashboard, and also to receive a nut 24 t-o steadythe upper end` of the casing when it is attached to the vehicle in thismanner. At a `suitable point the casing is provided internally with alock designated by the numeral 25, its bolt 26 capable of being shot byturning a key or otherwise.

The whip socket, best seen in Fig. 4, comprises a hollow casting 30preferably havingA a pair of rings 31 by means of which it is fittedclosely within the casing 17, and a boss 82 to be engaged by a screw orother device 33 passed through thecasing and intosuch boss as shown, andthe rings have upright .L 1

notches 34 at one side and upright notches 35 at the other side ofthedevice for a-purpose yet to appear. The numeral`36. designates aninternally threaded boss disposed between two of the last-named notches35, and if..

I 347 is set screw engaging this boss ,and hav-V ing a slot 38 throughits body adapted to be `V yrotating button at the yinner end of the vscrew; whenV thej latter is rotated in `the 'opposite direction, thespring isI retracted brought into line with the notches when the head ofthe set screw stands: upright. The inner end ,of the set screw has abutton 87 on which is swiveled one leaf 89 of an inverted Vv-,shapedspring Awhose other kyleaf 39. stands within the interior of the castingVand is adapted to be clamped against the handle V of the whip H abovethe knob K.

screwY inwardfthe spring is pushed toward the whip-handle until! thelatter is clamped withinthe' socket, and yet the springserves to preventwe'ar'on the whipha'n'dle by the from the whipdiandl'e, Vthe 'outer leaf'of the spring the-n serves to prevent the `com- Aplete` withdrawal ofthe thumb screw. During its rotation the slot in this thumb screw comesopposite the notch or groove 85 in this side ofthe casting, twice foreach 'revolution of the thumb screw, and therefore if bolt were.projected through the groove and through its slot 88 the thumb 'screwwould be locked or prevented from furtherfrotation.

The locking member, best seen in detail in Fig. 9,' comprises two bolts'and a connection between them; One of 'these lbolts 40 has a slot 414in its body which moves over the key ho'leand a finger 42 atits upperend 'adapted to, be engaged by the bolt of the lock, while its lower endis reduced into a finger 48 which Vtravels, in the vertical notches 35in the vcasting and is adapted to be lprojected tl'iroufgh the 'slot 38in the shank of the thumb 'screwjas described below. Another bolt '46 isconnected with the bolt 40 by means of a ring 47 which fits looselywithin the casing 17, the coiiiiection between this ring '47andth'elo'n'g bolt 4'6 being by means of a stud 49-projecting through anupright e Vslot l in ythe side wall of the casing and f within easyreach ofthe operator for fa purpose to be described below. y

The long bolt 46 has a fno-tch 48 cut into it n'ear'itslower end, whichend moves through the alined eyes K in the guide 15 described above.Within the casingabove the upright slot is disposed a stop 52 so locatedwith respect to 'the length of the slot `50 the position of the lock,andV the position of the eye 18 Yof thelocking bar 8, that the action ofparts willbe as follows. Bly preference I would l'ma-ke this -deviceentirely of meta-l, suitably VAorn'am'ented so as to be tasteful inappearance and suitably treated so that it will be weather proof. Whilel have shown "a lock 'which is 'operated by means of a key, `it is fofcoursepossibl'e to use a permu tation lock-,although the advantage ofusing a keyas' described below will then be lost sight of.

The lap robe is attached to the bar 8 by passing it around the same andover the pins 10 in a manner well understood, and the reins aresimilarly attached by passing them around the pin 11; but either or bothof these devices may be used with or without the fastening means for thewhip. Ordinarily the whip handle H is dropped through the soft ring 19into the whip socket wherein the spring prevents it from rattling. Tolock it in place the screw 37 is set up so that the leaves of the springare compressed and the innermost leaf 89 is borne against the handle Habove its knob K, care being taken to stop the rotation of the set screwat a point where its slot 38 sta-nds upright. The locking meinlier ismoved downward by depressing the stud 49 within the slot 50, and thisprojects the long bolt 46 through the alined 14 'and 18 and locks thebar 8 in positio'n, and vs'iinultaneously projects the lowl'erinostfinger 43 of the short bolt 40 through the rslot 38 in the set screw andlocks'the latter against rotation.I In the act of un'- locki'ng thedevice, if the long bolt be provided with a n'otch 48 it will benecessary to press the foot piece 12 to the rear to disengage the :eye18 from said notch before 'this bolt is raised; but said notch may beomitted. In any event, 'when the lock is operated its bolt disengagesthe upper hnger 42 of the short bolt, 'after whichthe entire lockingdevice can lbe' raised by lifting its 'stu-d 49 in the slot 50; but theupward inovment thereof is limited by the stop 52 against whic'htlieupper end of theV lon'g bolt strikes at a time when the i low'er iin-gerof the short bolt has disengaged the set screw so that the latter can beturned to 'release the whip. In order to raise the locking bolt vstillhigher, it is only necessary to press the stud 49 inward so that theupper 'end of the long holt passes the Vstop 52 and the stud may belifted to the eXtreme upper end of the slot 50, when the lower end ofthis bolt will clear the eye 18 in the bar 8, and the latter can beswung open to disengag'e the robe and the reins. Thus it 4will be seenthat by providing the stop 52 the locking member has a Yrestricted andan expanded path of inovement upward-its restricted movementbesulhcie'nt to free the whip which the user will probably desirefrequently to withdraw from its socket, 'and its expanded Vmovementbeing suliicient to free the lap 'loo lio

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on the pin,and hence-the only time he would care to disconnect the reinsentirely would be when he would be unhitching the horse.

Thus it will be seen that my device permits the selectiveV use of partsfor locking the whip, reins, and lap robe, or any two of them, or all`of them, and disengaging them from the lock individually orcollectively as desired.

lhat is claimed as new is:

1. A lap robe lock including a guide having alined eyes, and a movablerobe-holding bar having an eye adapted to be passed between those of theguide; combined wit-h an upright casing having an upright slot and astop on its interior above said slot, a bolt movable vertically withinsaid casing behind the slot and having a stud projecting through thelatter, its upper end adapted to strike said stop and its lower endadapted to be projected through the alined eyes of the guide, andwhip-locking mechanism connected with said bolt but thrown out of actionwhen the latter is raised.

2. A lap robe lock including a guide having alined eyes, and a movablerobe-holding bar having an eye adapted to be passed between those of theguide; combined with an upright casing having an upright slot and a stopon its interior above said slot, a bolt movable vertically within` saidcasing behind the slot and having a stud projecting through the latter,its upper end adapted to strike said stop and its lower end adapted tobe projected through the alined eyes of the guide, a whip socket, meansfor holding the whip-handle therein, and locking mechanism for saidholding means connected with said bolt but adapted to be thrown out ofaction when the latter is raised. Y

3. A lap robe lock including a guide having alined eyes, and a movablerobe-holding bar adapted to be passed between the eyes of the guide;combined with an upright casing having an upright slot and a stop on itsinterior above said slot, a bolt movable vertically within said casingbehind the slot and having a stud projecting through the latter, itsupper end adapted to strike said stop and its lower end adapted to beprojected through the alined eyes of the guide, a whip socket, means forholding the whiphandle therein, a set screw for advancing said holdingmeans, the shank of the set screw having a transverse slot, a boltconnected with said first-named bolt and having a finger adapted to beprojected through said slot as both bolts are depressed and to be raisedont of said slot as the first-named bolt is raised until its upper endengages said stop, and means for locking both bolts in depressedcondition.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a tubular casing having a threaded boss in one side andan upright slot in the other, a lock carried by the casing, a whipsocket in the latter, holding means for the whip, a set screw in saidboss engaging said means and having a slotted holder including a guidehaving alined and j spaced eyes, a base, anda spring-pressed bar pivotedin the base and having an eye adapted to Abe passed into said guide andto stand in line with the eyes therein to receive said bolt.

5. In a whip-socket lock, the combination with an upright casing, and awhip socket therein having surrounding rings pierced with upright alinednotches and an internally threaded boss between said rings grooved in aline with said notches; of a set screw engaging said boss and having aslotted shank, a lock, and a bolt having a 1inger adapted to beprojected through the slot of the set screw.

6. In a whip-socket lock, the combination with an upright casing, and awhip socket therein having surrounding rings pierced with upright alinednotches and an internally threaded boss between said rings grooved in aline with said notches; of a set screw engaging said boss and having aslotted shank and ahead at its inner end, an inverted V-shaped'springwhose outer leaf is swiveled on said head and whose inner leaf engagesthe handle of the whip, a bolt having a finger adapted to be projectedthrough the slot in the shank of the set screw, and means for lockingsaid bolt.

7. In a whip-socket lock, the combination with an upright casing, and awhip socket therein having surrounding rings pierced Vwith uprightalined notches and an internally threaded boss between said ringsgrooved in a line with said notches; of a set screw engaging said bossand having a slotted shank, a lock within the casing above said boss,and a bolt having a slot in its body moving over the key-hole of saidlock, a iinger at its upper end adapted to be engaged by the lock-bolt,and a finger at its lower end adapted to be projected through the slotin the set screw, for the purpose set forth.

8. In a whip-socket lock,.the combination with an upright casing, and awhip socket therein having an internally threaded boss grooved in anupright line; of a set screw engaging said boss and having an angularshank and a head at its inner end, an inverted V-shaped spring whoseouter leaf is swiveled on said head and whose inner leaf engages thehandle of the whip, a bolt movima-seo engaging said means and having aslotted shank, and a locking member including a finger adapted to bepassed vthifough said slot in the shank of the set screw, a stud fprojecting through." the slot in said casing,

and a longh'olt depending below the casing; of a lap robe holderincluding a guide having al-ined and spaced eyes, a hase, and a halpivoted in the base and its free end adapted to he passed into andlooked Within said guide by the holt when projected through theeyestherein.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

OTTO W. WILDE. Witnesses: y GLENN PORTER, A. T. ALLING.

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